Negro? I may be young, but I'm not your boy. I won't pick your cotton or pick up your...
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[in Lance Clayton's poetry class]
Jason: Negro? I may be young, but I'm not your boy. I won't pick your cotton or pick up your dishes. Yeah, I sing, I dance. But I do it with the dignity of my ancestors. I am not your monkey.
Lance Clayton: [wearily] Right on.
Jason: [raising a Black power fist] Stay Black, y'all.
Lance Clayton: [resigned] Anybody else have *their* haiku?
Jason: Negro? I may be young, but I'm not your boy. I won't pick your cotton or pick up your dishes. Yeah, I sing, I dance. But I do it with the dignity of my ancestors. I am not your monkey.
Lance Clayton: [wearily] Right on.
Jason: [raising a Black power fist] Stay Black, y'all.
Lance Clayton: [resigned] Anybody else have *their* haiku?
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Negro
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I may be young but I'm not your boy
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I won't pick your cotton or pick up your dishes
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Yeah I sing I dance
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But I do it with the dignity of my ancestors
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I am not your monkey
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Right on
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Stay black y'all
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Anybody else have their haiku
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Movie Summary
When his son's body is found in a humiliating accident, a lonely high school teacher inadvertently attracts an overwhelming amount of community and media attention after covering up the truth with a phony suicide note.
